Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-04-27
Progress at San Luis obispo.


cisco, Grand Secretary.
Progress at San Luis Obispo,
SAN LUIS OBIsPo, April 26th.-The sale
of 5,640 acres of the Laguna Rancho. Santa
Barbara county, was completed yesterday,
TO the San Luis Obispo Colonization Com
pany. at $50 per acre. Part of the town
site of Los Alamos is on the land. The
Los Alamos ranch, 14,000 acres, was also
purchased by the same company, for $780,
coo. 1t is the intention of this company to
establish bank at Los Alamos; also to
build large hotel at the Pismo, in this
county, and construct other improvements.
AT the Board of Trade meeting last even
ing CAPTAIN c. B. Johnson spoke at length
regarding the erection of a first. class hotel
in this city. He felt confident it would be
profitable venture. He stated that Colo
mel Crocker had informed him the South
ern Pacific Company would build a nam
moth hotel, with 500 rooms, at Santa Bar
bara. The Captain desired the citizens of
this city to subscribe $4,000, and he would
guarantee the organization of company
with capital of S150,000 The land for
the proposed hotel has been secured, and
$4,000 subscribed. The enterprise will no
doubt be carried out.
Lamenta5Ie Suicide.
SAN GoRGoNIo, April 18th -Considera-
bic excitement prevails here on account of
the suicide of j. B. Hammer, son of the
late Col. J. b. Hammer Young Hammer
was well-known and well-liked in this
vicinity. His health has been very poor
for month, aud it is supposed he became
over despondent and followed in his faith
er's footsteps, and took his own life. Much
sympathy is felt for his wife and baby
daughter, although be leaves them in COM
Portable circumstance. He was to have
made his will to-day, settling $1,000 on his
baby girl. The papers were to have been
drawn up at noon. A year ago Hammer
attempted suicide by drinking glass OF
chloroform, but was saved by friends with
much difficulty.
4 Foothill Town.
NEWCASTLE, April 26th.-The fruit and
land business is booming about Newcastle
Telegraphic orders were received today by
w. j. Wilson & Son and George D. Kellogg
amounting to one hundred carloads OF
fruit. There is fine prospect in this Sec
ton. There is an active demand for fruit
lands in this neignborhood
The Shasta County Seat.
REDDING, April 25th-In the county seat
matter, before Judge Brainari to-day, the
writ of review was dismissed The writ of
pervisors from declaring the place of the
county seat as declared by the people in the
November election, will now be taken up
and argued at an early day, and if favora-
Bile the Board of Supervisors will then un-
doubtedly declare Redding the county seat,
IN accordance with the expressed will OF
the people.
Probably Wreck.
SAN PEDRO, April 26th-Captain Hamil-
ton, of the schooner Challenge, lust arrived
reports having seen IN latitude $40 so
north and longitude 1920 west, a ships
yawl-boat, sixteen or eighteen feet long,
floating bottom up. The bottom was
painted red.
"Sir" William AIyord.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 26th.-Hon. Will
lam Alvord the President of the Bank of
California, has received from his Majesty
Kalakaua L., the decoration of a Knight
Commander of the Royal Order of Oceania
This is in recognition of the courtesies ex-
tended to his Majesty upon the occasion OF
his first visit to this city, at which time
Mr.. Alvord was Mayor
Unknown Body Found.
SAN LEANDRo, April 26th-The body OF
a man was found on the beach this even
ing at Wick's Landing, three miles from
here. 1t was dressed in a double breasted
blue cloth coat and vest, with smoked
pearl bhttons, dark striped pants, white
shirt, merino undershirt, wooden socks and
Congress gaiters. 1t had dark hair The
features were badly decomposed. Hight,
five feet nine inches; age, about so wears.
The shirt was marked w. f. F.; key-ring,
Frank Furney, San Francisco An inquest
will be held tomorrow afternoon
Chance for Railroad Contractors.
SANTA Rosa, April 26th.-Hon. John
Walker, President of the Santa Rosa and
Benicia Central Railroad Company, states
that the company has secured return of
the contract made with 'Noonan & Nc
Bride, which was afterwards assigned by
them to Mr. Waltz, and that the company